Transcript Background and contex

UNFCCC Seminar on
the Development and Transfer of Technologies for
Adaptation to Climate Change
Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago, 14-16 June 2005
Wanna Tanunchaiwatana
Manger, Technology
Sustainable Development Programme
UNFCCC Secretariat
www.unfccc.int
Background and Context
Mandates
Adaptation under the UNFCCC
Possible synergy within and outside
UNFCCC process
Issues for reflection
Mandates
• SBSTA 20 requested the secretariat to
organize in early 2005 a seminar on the
development and transfer of ESTs for
adaptation to climate change taking into
consideration the TOR to be prepared by the
EGTT
Mandates
• SBSTA 21 endorsed the programme of work
of the EGTT for 2005 which included an
activity for the EGTT to provide advice to
the secretariat for the organization of the
seminar on the development and transfer of
ESTs for adaptation to climate change
Mandates
• At SBSTA 21, the EGTT Chair with the
support from his government offered to host
the seminar in June 2005 in Tobago,
Trinidad and Tobago
• The secretariat is requested to prepare a
report on the outcome of this seminar for
consideration by SBSTA 23 (December
2005)
Mandates
• The EGTT will consider the outcome of this
seminar and prepare recommendations on its
findings and on practical further actions for
consideration by SBSTA 23 (December
2005)
Mandates
• SBSTA 20 requested the secretariat to
prepare a technical paper on this issue for
consideration by SBSTA 24 (May 2006)
• The EGTT will prepare the TOR for this
technical paper at its meeting in November
2005
Adaptation under the UNFCCC
• Adaptation is a cross-cutting activity and being
addressed under various agenda items
• Subsidiary Body for Implementation
* Articles 4.8 and 4.9
* National Communications of AI and
NAI Parties
* Capacity building and Article 6
Adaptation under the UNFCCC
• Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological
Advice
* Development and transfer of technologies
* Methods
* Scientific and technical and socio-economic
aspects of the impacts of, and vulnerability and
adaptation to climate change
Possible synergy within and outside
UNFCCC process
• Possible collaboration with the LEG and CGE
• COP 10 requested the SBSTA to develop a fiveyear structured programme of work of the
SBSTA on scientific and technical and socioeconomic aspects of the impacts of, and
vulnerability and adaptation to climate change
Possible synergy within and outside
UNFCCC process
• The SBSTA five-year structured programme of
work (PWA)
• Emerging thematic areas in PWA:
* Methodologies, data and modeling
* Vulnerability assessments
* Adaptation planning, measures and actions
* Integration into sustainable development
Issues for Reflection
• What would be practical next steps to
promote the development and transfer of
ESTs for adaptation to climate change?
• What possible contributions this seminar
could make for the development of the PWA
?
Issues for Reflection
• How this PWA could support the work
of the EGTT?
• What should be our key messages to
the SBSTA?